The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20

over ,UUO lives were lOSC III LLe us
astrous fire in HankoW, China, togeth-
er with large amonnt of property
|. Princess Maud and Princess Louise,
daughters of the Prince of Wales,
are suffering with the measles at Co.
peRhagen.
A burning bridge on the Wabash
Road, near Adrian, Mich, was dis
covered in time Monday night to pre-
vent the Wrecking ofa passenger train.
The Darlington cotton factory has
declared O. semi-annnal dividend Of
three per cent.
Messrs. Leitch and Marshall have
been presented with a purse Of $3.50
at Greenwood, where they recently
conducted evangelistic services.
1t is claimed by railroad men that
the Three C's Railroad will be in oper-
alton between Lancaster and Yorkville
on the 1st of January, 1885.
There has been one death and three
new cases OF yellow fever at Tampa,
Fla, since last Saturday.
The Holiness tent in Columbia was
blown down Monday by the wind and
fell in the mud. No one was hurt.
The tent has been re-erected.
There were two more deaths from
cholera on Swinburne Island, on Fri
day night, among the Alesia's passen-
gers. Total deaths to date, %.
The cholera which was brought to
New York by the steamer Alesia has
been broken up efectually at the quar-
antine. Thirty-four cases occurred, of
which eight were fatal.
At Augusta, Ca, a new steamboat
has been launched to run between
that city and Savannah. A cotton
compress has been recently built and
a saving of 35 cents made on each bale
of cotton shipped.
Preparations for hanging the seven
Anarchists in the county Jail at Chi
cago have been begun. Carpenters are
building the scafold, the ropes have
bought and tested and the suits and
black caps ordered.
On Friday, November 4th, during
the fair at Marion, there will be joint
discussion on the fRir grounds between
Capt. B. R. Tilllnan, Of Edgefeld, and
Chancellor w. D. Johnson, Of the
State board Of agriculture.
Twenty-Five hundred miners in
Southern Indiana went out on strike
October 14th. The miners complain
that they are paid low wages and are
forced to take their pay in merchan-
disc from the company stores.
The sum of twenty-five hundred
dollars has been subscribed by the cit
liens of the town Of Edgefield to the
Three C's Railroad, and this amount
with the bonds voted will do much to
aid in the building of the road.
Chicago policemen are now havil ,
what they call "Anarchist drills.n
They meet in squads every other day,
and are instructed in the use of the
Winchester rifle, with which every
policeman on the force is said to be
supplied.
At Mountain Grove, Mo-, on Friday,
while the crowd was waiting to salute
the Presidents train, fruit jar filled
with powder exploded, fatally injuring
two young men. The train did not
stop, and the party passed on ignorant
of the sad accident.
The city Of Charleston has been late
ly infested by burglars to an extent
that would seem to require an increase
of the police force there. About a
dozen burglaries have recently oc-
Cured there in very rapid succession
and as yet the band has not been cap
tured.
The large Sprague fve-story stone
mill, 1000 by So feet, at Baltic, Conn.,,
was totally wrecked by fire Oct. H.
The mill was built in 1857 by Amasa
and William Sprague. Nine hundred
hands are thrown out of employment.
Loss estimated at 81 500, ,0G0; insurance
S257, 900.
Trainmen along some parts of the
route of the Presidents tour report
that people were up and waiting for
the train in which he travelled, at way
stations during the night. From this
it can be inferred what enthusiasm
has been displayed to the tourists from
the White House during the day.
Willie Hanson, an eleven-year-old
boy, was run and terribly mangled by
a street car in Charleston last Monday
and died in few hours. The car
driver has been bound over for trial in
the sum of $500 on the charge of care
lessness, causing the death of the boy.
There was for time some doubts as
to whether the epidemic at Tampa,
Fla, really was yellow fever, but it
has now been declared to be so by DR..
J. Y. Porter, president Of the Key
West board Of health. Deaths and
new cases are still reported. One case
was carried to Palatka by fugitive
from Tampa.
The following fairs will be held in
South Caroline this fall: Charleston,
Gala Week, October 81 to November
I; Marion Fair, November 2, Sand i;
Chester Fair, October 25 to %; Dar-
lington Fair, October 26 to %; Laurens
Fair, October 25 to 26; State Fair, Co.
lumbia, November s, 9, 10 and II.
St. Augustine, Fla, went "wet" in
the recent election, and the result was
noisily celebrated. A baggage wagon
containing brass band, and flying
banner with the inscription, This
town is wet,"wa driven through the
streets, followed by another wagon
loaded with kegs of beer, which was
drawn and passed around at every
halt.
The large locomotive derrick used in
building the wharves at the custom
house in Charleston was overthrown
and partly demolished last Monday
while loaded with block of granite
weighing six tons. William McCarrel,
the engineer, was thrown under the